MouseInfo News Desk

DISNEY MOVIES ANYWHERE has finally caught up with the market and has released the Disney-movie app for Android devices through GooglePlay. With the app you can explore Disney’s library of over 400 active digital titles from Disney, Pixar, and Marvel as well as other short-form content.

If you connect your DMA account to Google play, now for a limited time you will get a free digital download of WRECK-IT-RALPH.

DISNEY MOVIES ANYWHERE app is available in the U.S. for free from the GooglePlay and the App Store.

Disney is already starting to pour on the nostalgia in advance of the upcoming 60th Anniversary of the Disneyland Resort with a new WEDNESDAYS WITH WALT series that begins today. The Main Street Opera House will host special screenings of old clips of "Unky Walt" himself from the DISNEYLAND television series as he talked to the eager audiences about his concepts for the fantastical magic kingdom he was building in Anaheim.

As with other similar screenings, AP holders can grab wristbands for the event at noon each event-day. The screenings take place ever Wednesday from today through July 22, 2015 (except December 24, 2014 and December 31, 2014).

The cast and crew for Disney's BIG HERO 6 turned up in Hollywood tonight for the world premiere of the new animated film. The El Capitan Theatre played host to the red carpet premiere event and the nearby hilltop Yamashiro Restaurant was the location of the celebration after-party where cast, crew, and celebrity guests noshed on sushi and sweets and got to take their picture with Hiro and Baymax characters.

101 DALMATIANS is coming for the first time to Diamond Edition Blu-ray and DVD! The newly restored movie brings your favorite spotted pups to high definition with everyone's favorite villain Cruella De Vil. A slew of new Bonus Features is promised including a brand new short THE ADVENTURES OF THUNDERBOLT.

Today, Disney Interactive launched two brand new Toy Box games featuring Merida and Stitch. STITCH'S TROPICAL RESCUE and BRAVE FOREST SIEGE will come in a brand new option for Toy Box Starter Pack. This is the first time a toy box games will be sold as a Starter Pack.

Also, announced are the Disney Originals figures. These new figures will be available to play in Disney Infinity 2.0's Toy Box. The figures will include Tinker Bell, Donald Duck, Maleficent, Aladdin, Hiro, Baymax, Stitch, and of course Merida.

MALEFICENT has had an interesting summer. Angelina Jolie seemed to polarize audiences of Disney fans who either seemed to love or hate the prequel retelling of Sleeping Beauty.

If you were in the camp who enjoyed the wicked twist to the classic story then you'll be happy to know that the home-release version of the film is equipped with a satisfying selection of extras to make the hard-copy purchase worth the while.

Following the tales and legend of the "wildest ride in the wilderness," the five-part comic series, created by Walt Disney Imagineering, promises the attraction's trademark earthquakes, floods and, of course, dynamite-chewing goats.

Following yesterday's expansion announcements for Tokyo Disney Resort, concept art was released that is almost as vague as the announcement itself. The big FROZEN news seems to be relegated to Tokyo Disney Sea with the announcement of a new port in the park. The new concept art released was a look at Tokyo Disneyland's Fantasyland.

The concept art is mostly vague but there's a few noticeable things to consider when looking up-close at the artwork. The new work in Fantasyland promises to double the size of the land and include major new attractions, restaurants and shops. So what can definitely be seen in the concept art? Not a whole lot... yet.

As we inch closer to the Christmas-time release of INTO THE WOODS, Disney has recently released a new set of stills in promotion of the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the Sondheim musical. The beautiful imagery should help convince audiences that the film will at least be a feast for the eyes. A recently released video reveals it may perhaps also be a feast for the ears.

If you're thinking of 2016 to take a Disney Cruise, then some of your itineraries will include Tortola, British Virgin Islands and Martinique as the Disney Cruise Line returns to the homeport of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Last night we reported that Tokyo Disney Resort would be heavily investing in its resort with a new bundle of money. As part of the changes we noted that a new FROZEN expansion to the roster of offerings would be coming. Despite all but confirming the Frozen expansion, the extremely vague official announcement by Oriental Land Company included more than just a snow queen and her sister!

The FROZEN stuff specifically was not confirmed but the announcement did say that a new eigth port located south of Lost River Delta was under consideration (Editor's note: "Port of Arendelle" is our guess).

The primary focus of the release was to tout major expansion in Fantasyland which will likely be Enchanted Forest extension to bring more fairy tales to life as was done in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida. The new work in Tokyo's Fantasyland promises to double the size of the land and include major new attractions, restaurants and shops.

DISNEY TAILS is launching Spring 2015 and it will bring pet parents their chance to express their Disney Sides through their four legged pooch companions. The new line will include previously released favorites plus introduce a few new elements including a Haunted Mansion doggy bow tie.

At launch, the line will focus solely on dog products including bowls, squeak toys and apparel.

According to Nikkei Asian Review, the Oriental Land Company–which owns and operates the Tokyo Disney Resort–will be undergoing a massive fiscal investment/expansion to the tune of $4.58 billion (USD) through 2023. As there are no other reportings on this topic we post this as pure speculation and rumor. Take it with a grain of snow!

As part of the rumored investment, a "large attraction" based on FROZEN (which, in Japan, has a box office take rivaled only by the film Titanic and Avatar) will be included with a recreation of the film's castle (unclear if it's Elsa's ice castle or Arendelle's own grand palace.) Interestingly, the rumored changes are also to include a renovation of Fantasyland and a relocation of the "it's a small world" attraction.

There's no official announcements from the OLC as yet but it's interesting food for thought to see if/how the well-reputed Japanese company will bring to life Disney's hottest (coolest?) property in quite some time.

Progress continues on Disney's Accelerator program with their recent Demo Day at the Walt Disney Studio. The 10 selected start-ups had the chance to show off the results of their work through the program offering up advancements in digital business.

A second Disney Accelerator was also announced and is slated for 2015.